Exhaust gas deflector for truck exhaust stacks

Patent · Tue Nov 20 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5497021

Yates, C I; Krah, R W

This patent describes an improved exhaust gas deflector for the top of a vertical truck exhaust stack. It comprises: a vertical tubular member having an upper and a lower end; means to attach the tubular member lower end to the top of a truck exhaust stack; a deflector body affixed to the tubular member at the upper end thereof, the deflector body having a forward and a rearward end and a passageway therethrough communicating with the tubular member; an upwardly inclined air scoop means at the forward end of the deflector body having a rearward edge, the rearward edge extending above and over the tubular member; and an upwardly inclined deflector means at the rearward end of the deflector body.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-91-014073; EDB-91-107870
• Patent Number(s): US 4970859; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-481890
• OSTI ID: 5497021
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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